Discover the top genealogy websites for family history research in this "Top Genealogy Websites for the 21st Century" PowerPoint deck.
This slide presentation lists many modern genealogy research websites that offer ample genealogical resources you can use to uncover and store information about your family tree online.
The genealogy website PPT presentation was delivered by Tom Kemp of GenealogyBank.com at the 2013 Family History Expo conference in St. George, Utah.
3. Ancestry.com
• Essential Tool – Mission Critical
• Ancestry – FamilySearch – Pinterest - Facebook
• „Permanent‟ record sites
• Makes it fun & easy
• Put your family history here
• Begin with first generation where the couple have both
passed away
• Put everything you know about the family online
– Hold nothing back
– Photos, documents
• Encourage your relatives to participate
• Your tree can‟t be changed
5. Facebook.com
• Essential Tool – Mission Critical
• Ancestry – FamilySearch – Pinterest - Facebook
• „Permanent‟ record sites
• Put your family history online
• Essential for children, grandchildren - Magnet
for cousins
– Photos, documents
– Explain why they are essential
– Practical; appropriate
• Connect with your extended „living‟ family
13. FamilySearch.org
• Essential Tool – Mission Critical
• Ancestry – FamilySearch – Pinterest -
Facebook
• „Permanent‟ record sites
• Keep family tree on both Ancestry &
FamilySearch – keep both current
• Put up everything – sources, photos
14. FamilySearch.org
– 700 Million Digital Images
– 2 billion transcribed records
– 3 billion searchable name
– Census
• Federal
• State Census: FL, MA, SD, WI
– Vital Records
• AZ, GA. ID, IL, LA, MI, PA, UT, WV, WA, WI and more
– International
• Census; Parish Registers; Vital Records
20. FamilySearch: Family History Books
http://books.familysearch.org/
• Your library on demand – 24/7
• 40,000 genealogies & local histories – and
growing
• Can search on every word
• Can download page or complete book
• Permanent URL
• Books from many libraries, individuals
• Can upload your “book” – permanent site
21. FamilySearch: Research Wiki
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page
• Essential Tool
• Best one-stop source – Tips, How
to, Where to
• Links to FamilySearch Collections; outside
sources
• English, German, Spanish, etc.
• Books from many libraries, individuals
• Like having an on call librarian 24/7
23. Find-A-Grave
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page
• Essential Tool
• Crowdsourced – be a part of it
• Also searchable through Ancestry.com
• English, German, Spanish, etc.
• Books from many libraries, individuals
• Like having an on call librarian 24/7
27. GenealogyBank
www.GenealogyBank.com
– Best source for old newspapers on the planet!
• Newspapers – 1690 to Today
• Over 6,500 newspapers – All 50 States
– Government Documents, Books & Reports
• US Serial Set
• American State Papers
• US Army Register; Navy Register; etc.
– Over 219 million obituaries & death records
28. GenealogyBank.com Newspapers
Over 6,500 Newspapers
95% of Newspapers ONLY
Found on GenealogyBank.com
All 50 States, 1690 - Today
Over 1.4 Billion Records
29. Discover Your Ancestors in
Newspapers
Spanish
language, French, German
etc.
African American Newspapers
Irish American Newspapers
Small Town & Big City Papers
30. Obituaries
Largest Obituary Collection
Online
Over 219 Million Obituaries
and Death Records
31. Birth & Marriage Notices
Millions of Birth &
Marriage Records
Small Town and
Big City Newspapers
Millions of Records Added
Each Month
33. Google Book Search
http://books.google.com
• Millions of books
– Over 1 million genealogies & local histories
• Can search on every word
• Can download book and retain
searchability
• Permanent URL
• Can create your own “library” on Google
Books or your own computer
43. Internet Archive
www.Archive.org
• More than 3.9 million books
– Over 400,000 genealogies & local histories
• Can search on every word
• Can download book and retain searchability
• Permanent URL
• Books from many libraries
• Can create your own “library” on your
computer
• Can upload your “book” – permanent site
53. Library of Congress Chronicling America
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/
• Project to digitize US newspapers
• 5.2 million pages
• 1836-1922
• 26 States
• Slow build
56. Pinterest
http://pinterest.com/
• Essential Tool – Mission Critical
• Ancestry – FamilySearch – Pinterest - Facebook
• „Permanent‟ record sites
• Organize the photos of your family history
• Create „Boards‟
• Towns where they lived
• Heirlooms
• Photos describing an event
• Photos that tell their story
• Generally not for personal/portrait photos
60. Scribd
http://www.scribd.com/
• Put „your story‟ online
• Family History
• Put your research reports online
• Change & Update - often
• Every word searchable – Google, Bing etc.
• Make your family history easy to find
65. U.S. GenWeb Project
http://usgenweb.org/
• Started in 1996
• Consistently valuable
• Crowdsourced
• Uneven
• Changed & Updated - often
• Feels like yesterday – but you need it
today